Abstract
This article aims to present the historical background of the actions developed by the Health Ministry of Brazil to implement the National Policy of Comprehensive Care to People with Sickle Cell Disease. Moreover, it shows strategies developed to alter changes in the natural disease history, to reduce morbidity and mortality and to promote life quality for those taken by the disease.
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3. Sickle Cell Information Center Protocols. The Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell at Grady Health System. In: www.scinfo.org. Acessado em: 10 out. 2007.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright (c) 2011 Joice Aragão de Jesus
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